The original V8 is made mainly from tomatoes and the juices from seven additional vegetables, specifically: beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, and spinach. Tomato juice composes around 87% of the total drink . Campbell's makes several varieties of the drink, such as Original, Spicy, Lemon, Picante, Low-Sodium, and Organic.
Two spinoffs of the V8 brand, "V8 Splash", and "V8 V•Fusion", are blends of fruit and vegetable (specifically carrot) juices.
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V8 Splash is sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or Splenda, while V•Fusion is made from 100% juice and contains a daily serving of both fruits and vegetables per 8oz glass.
History
V8 Vegetable Juice was invented by W.G. Peacock (1896-1948), the founder of the New England Products Company, which manufactured individual vegetable juices under the brand name Vege-min.
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Having had only mediocre sales success, in 1933 Peacock began blending the Vege-min juices into one product and selling this new concoction as "Vege-min 8." A grocer in Evanston, Illinois recommended that he shorten the name to simply "V-8."
The new V-8 was a success, and in 1948 the Campbell Soup Company acquired the brand. It has been in continuous production since.
Deviations
A few cocktail drinks use V8, most famously the "bloody eight" or "eight ball", which is a Bloody Mary with V8 instead of tomato juice.
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Vi-8 otherwise known as a Vimal 8 is a combination of V8 and orange flavored soda.
V8 Fruit & Vegetable Juice
In countries such as the UK and Australia, Campbells also makes V8 100% Fruit & Vegetable Juice, combining vegetable juice with fruit juices. V8 Fusion drinks contain 1/2 cup vegetable and 1/2 cup fruit juice in each 250ml (8 fluid ounce) serving.
Strawberry Banana contains the juice of 10 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beets, white grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, bananas and banana puree.
Tropical Orange contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, carrots, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, pineapples.
Peach Mango contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, peaches, mangoes.
The Australian flavour variants are Tropical, Melon Burst, Citrus Splash, Apple, Carrot & Ginger, and Apple Plum Fusion
Nutrition
Example nutrition information for V8 Vegetable Juice: